1. East Asia and the Islamic Empires

2. The Ming Dynasty was founded by?
Hongwu

3. This group was expelled from China?
The Mongols

4. Hongwu was a member of what rebellious group?
Red turbans

5. Hongwu was from what social class?
Peasant

6. During the early Ming dynasty which group underwent a revival?
Scholarly-gentry

7. The wives of the emperors were only allowed to come from what sort of families?
Modest

8. Under the Ming the greatest Chinese building project was completed
Under the Ming the greatest Chinese building project was completed. What is the name of that project?
The Great Wall

9. The importation crops from this region of the world lead to a population increase in China.
The Americas

10. The Europeans were only allowed in these two cities during the Ming dynasty.
Macao and Canton

11. He was the Chinese sailor that was responsible for extending Chinese influence into the Indian ocean.
Zheng He

12. What was unique about Zheng He?
He was eunuch and was a Muslim

13. This group tried to assimilate to Chinese culture in order to convert people to Christianity.
Jesuits

14. What happened to the last Ming emperor.
He committed suicide in order to avoid capture

15. This general deposed the last Ashikaga Shogun in 1537.
Nobunaga

16. Hideyoshi tried unsuccessfully to invade this region twice during his reign.
Korea

17. Tokugawa Ieyasu established this shogunate in after he was appointed by the emperor.
Tokugawa Shogunate

18. The Tokugawa rules Japan for how many years?

19. Nobunaga protected this Christian group but later Ieyasu persecuted them and banned them.
Jesuits

20. What were the only foreign powers allowed to have any sort of access to Japanese markets in the mid to late 1600s?
Netherlands (Dutch) and China

21. This group overthrew the Byzantines and captured Constatinople.
Ottomans

22. What three regions did the Ottoman empire spread into.
Europe, Middle East, and North Africa

23. The Ottomans became an import naval power in this region?
Mediterranean

24. He was the Ottoman Sultan that captured Constantinople in 1453.
Mehmed II

25. This was the elite Ottoman fighting force?
Janissaries

26. Administration in the Ottoman Empire was carried out by the?
Grand vizier

27. What was the commercial center of the Ottoman Empire?
Constantinople (Istanbul)

28. How long did the Ottoman dynasty last?
600 years

29. Name one cause of the Ottoman decline.
Invasions, Loss of territory, inflation, fell behind Europeans in science and technology

30. The Safavids practiced this sect of Islam?
Shi’a

31. Why is the battle of Chaldiran important?
It stopped Safavid westward expansion

32. Safavid dynasty reached it’s height under the reign of?
Abbas I (Abbas the Great)

33. What was the name of the localized teachers/ preachers in Safavid Empire?
Mullahs

34. Name one cause for the fall of the Safavid Empire.
Invasions, internal disputes, capture of Isfahan.

35. Who was the founder of the Mughal Dynasty.
Babur

36. Babur was descendant of both Tamerlane and?
Genghis Khan

37. One of the greatest Mughal rulers and a staunch proponent of religious tolerance?
Akbar

38. Babur was influenced by the culture of the?
Persians

39. What single commodity attracted European interest in the Mughal Empire in terms of trade?
Cotton

40. The reign of Shah Jahan is known as the golden age of Mughal?
Architecture

41. Shah Jahan built this as a monument to his wife after she died in child birth?
Taj Mahal

42. In the later years of the Mughal dynasty some women participated in?
Court Politics

43. What policy did Aurangzeb take that put the Mughal on a path towards collapse?
He started to favor Muslims over equality with the Hindus

44. Akbar was an opponent of this Hindu ritual that saw the burning of widows on the deceased husbands funeral pyre?
Sati

45. Mughal art was inspired by the?
Persians